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ParIor Monstrosities.

Never buy anything for the home
that doesn't combine one or both of
the qualities, use or ornament. 1t is
often surprising to notice that many
beautiful things are inexpensive. To
fill ones parlor with dust catching
card boards and woods, that if fairly
pretty to begin with, soon accumulate
dust,it is neither useful nor ornament
al. Gilded rolling pins, shovels, ETC.,
are also valueless. A. knous' Madon-
ma, photograph of which may be
purchased for fifty cents. framed in
a quiet style of frame for dollar, will
give one more lasting satisfaction
than whole roomful of gilded dust
pans, ribbon tied bread towels and all
the other senseless things that You
and [, dear readers, have seen in par
lors, Though rarely and have been
obliged to express a mild amount of
pleasure in them when exhibited for
our approval, and have felt graft
tude to the old bachelor, who, when
he was called upon to admire the
homeliest specimen of infantile hui
mainly he had ever seen, looked upon
it few minutes, drew in deep breath
and said "Well-this is baby, and
we have eased our conscience bv This
is an ornament. Let usnot tempt
our weaker friends with any more of
these parlor monstrosities, for if we
force them to admire them AID 50 do
violence to their love OF truth, we may
no longer call ourselves Innocent.
Let us strive for the best, and with
an enlightened conscience strive 10
make the most of the talents, great
or small, committed to our care, re-
membering that out of, eth frag-
ments' there was enough TO feed the
multitude
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KINDNESS AND CHARITY SHOULD BE
GUIDED BY PRUDENcE-REcREATI
AND DRESS
Again do not be too kind seyour re
iations. lido not say that you should
be selfish or mean, bnt only prudent.
Before lending money to be used IN
their business, see that the business
is safe one, you may have the full
est confidence in the honest inten-
tions of the borrower, but make sure
that his capacity is to be depended
on. Many teachers give their saw
ings to help in the education of their
brothers. Here, too, charity should
be guided by prudence. 1t is no
true kindness TO help a stupid boy to
university education. You had
much better help him in some other
way. 1t is also bad Sor him to be
allowed 10 take your savings without
any recompense. In most casesyo |
had better lend than give. The
knowledge that he must repay out
of his future earnings, what he now
spends, will help to keep from C.
travagance. And let all such trans
actions be conducted on business
footing take receipts for your mon
ey and formal bonds for repayment.
An affection that would think itself
insulted by being asked to observe
such forms is a very poor sort OF
thing.
Saving, as we'll as investing should
be done in a common sense way. 1t
is penny wise and pound foolish to
to stint yourself in food or firing Il
have known foreign teachers to do
this sometimes) for the sake of add
ing a few pounds to your store.
Live as simply as you like, but take
care to keep yourself as far as you
can in perfect health. Your health
is part of your capital, and on its
preservation depends your power of
supporting yourself at all. Do not
not consider all recreations as ex-
travagance teachers often error in
the matter Of holidays, not giving
themselves any real rest or change,
and then wonder when they find
themselves losing their freshness and
interest in their Notwithstanding
in value, in fact. Nst only is this
an injury to themselves but to their
employers.
In dress, TOO, you are bound to
keep yourself tidy; if your employ
ers pay you fair salary, they have
a right to expect to find you fit to
be seen. Too much economy in this
direction will only injure you. Last
ly, you may have opportunities fot
a time, or by attending classes at
home. Do not lose such opportunl'
ties from motives of economy; they
are investments rather than spend
ings.
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Don't Experiment.

You cannot afford to waste time in
experimenting when your lungs are in
danger. Consumption always seems at
first, only cold. Do not permit any
dealer to impose upon you with some
cheap imitation OF DIR. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, Coughs
and Colds, but be sure you get the gen
uine. Because he can make more pro-
fit he may tell you he has something
just as good, or just the same. Don't
be deceived, but insist upon getting ID .
Kings New Discovery, which is guar
anteed to give relief in all Throat, Lung
and Chest affections. Trial bottles free
at E. q. Williams, Jr., q. Bros. Drug
Store. Large Bottles 81.
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The corn crop is placed at about
three-fourths Of a full crop by the
Agricultural Department report for
October, or at ,500,000,000 bushels.
This is about a sixth better than was
feared earlier or than recent private
estimates. The crop as it stands,
however, is the smallest in ten years
but one, in 1881, when it was only
1,000,000,000, and the present yield
is larger chiefly because of the large
crop at the South, which is $50, 000,-
600 bushels larger than two years
ago, The South will produce near
ly third of the present crop, or
nearly enough for its own consump-
ton, while in past years of large
yield the Southern states have sup
piled bare sixth of the total. The
great corn states, Indiana, Illinois,
Iowa and Kansas, have scarcely half
a crop, and in Missouri the yield is
not large. This will reduce the pork
crop in these states and make farm
ing br5 losing work, for there is no
money in wheat in these older states
at present prices. The Spring wheat
stat q, on the other hand, have one
of tie best crops on record, which
brings the total yield up TO 400, 000,-
600, a fa'~ but not profitable average
for the country.
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A Word About Saxiaq.

KINDNESS AND CHARITY SHOULD BE
GUIDED BY PRUDENCE-REcREATIo
AND DRESS.
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WOMAN'S WORR .

A~ OA1NACAAhso ~ 49,
woman's labor has been marked
feature of this progressive age. Long
since have teaching, sewing, nursing
and housekeeping ceased to be tue
only avocations in which woman
could engage without bringing upon
herself, censure or ridicule. 1t
is strange what sleepy old world
this is despite it's supposed bright
ness. Slowly, tho surely it dawned
upon us that woman could and
would enter the literary field and
then came the startling discovery
that in the trades and professional as
well as in the arts and science the
girl and the woman could do work
which compared favorably with that
of the boy and man. Among the
women of the colored race there is
not enough reaching out into the
varied avenues of employment which
the sex has successfully filed. When
we say this, we are not unfaIndful
of the fact that they must contends
not only with the competition which
is to be met in every department of
labor, by every body, but also with
the prejudice which is reserved es
pecially for them. Still, patience
and perseverance if brought to bear,
will often overcome what have SEEM
ed insurmountable difficulties. 1t is
said. that, exclu, i've of domestic ser
vice, in the state of Massachusetts,
alone there are two hundred and
eighty-four occupations open to
women in which over $50, 900 women
are earning living at salaries of
from $3.50 to $4,000 per year. 1t
will be a blessed day for woman
kind, when mothers and fathers,
every where, learn to regard it as
much duty to educate their daugh-
tiers to be self-supporting as their
sons. OF all forlorn and much-to-
be pitied creatures in the universe,
surely, the one most deserving of
pity is the woman, who, destitute of
money and friends is without the
ability to "earn living Woman
has won such well-merited praise in
so many fields of labor that it would
be difficult to say to what pursuits
she is best adapted. In teaching
she has long held position equal If
not superior, to that of her brother,
man. We can point with pride to
several ladies in Washington and
Philadelphia who have won more
than local fame in this calling. The
latter city has also two lady physi-
clans who maintain a good practice.
Among the department clerks" ia
Washington are several ladies of
color who have been promoted from
500 clerkships to the highest posi-
lions to which ladies are eligible,
solely upon merit. In the ranks of
GRAINED nurses who receive from
SIS to $40 per week and their board
many young white women, (some OF
them of culture and refinement) but
few colored ones, are obtaining a
good livelihood. A few also have
entered the department of literature
and we are acquainted with several
ladies, who, masquerading under q
nom de plume have contributed to
some of the best periodicals of the
country. In journalism, also, as
distinct department OF literary work
woman has not been unsuc
cessful. A lady editor in Peters,
burg sometime ago sent out a papet,
which. while it might have been
good deal better, was far superior to
some of the papers edited by those
mise acres, our brothers.
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16S1.
Harper's Young People.

HARrER's You've People, has been called
1.-THE uodei NJ what reriodical Tor Young
reader. oIgn' - p- ana tne ,usfice lis
commentator " amply sustaiuet -
large circulation II has attained both al nome
and 10 Gre I Britain This success ass pssn
reached by methods hal must commend
themselves is toe Judgment OF OF parents, no
less than 10 the tastes of children namely,
by an earnest and WILL sustained effort to
rovide the best and most attractive reading
for young prople at n low price The illus
trations sre copious and OF conspicuously
high standard of excellence.
An eltoe Of everything thai attractive and desiSs
BILE Ia juvenile literature.--Boston Courier.
weekly feast Of good things to the boys and girls In
every family which IL viss.-Brooklyn Union.
IL Is wonderful in its wealth Of pictures, Information
and interest. christian Advocate, N. Y.
Terms. Postage Prepaid, 50 90 Per Year.
Vol VIII. commences November Q, lsss.
sinslennmbers, Five Cents each.
Rsmttances should be made by Pos-ofce Money oiier
or DRAFT. TO avoid chance OF loss.
Newspapers not TO copy this advertisement With
out the express order Of Harper Brothers.
Address HARPER& BROTHER.Nsw York
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A Woman from Austria.

dorf, IL Lower Austria, lives
Maria Haas, an intelligent and
industrious woman, whose story
of physical suffering and final
relief, as related by herself, is
of interest. to English women.
II was employed she says,
Gin the work Of a large farm
house. Overwork brought con
sick headache, followed by a
deathly fainting and sickness
of the stomach, until | was
unable to retain either food or
drink. | was compelled to
take to my bed for several
weeks. Getting a little better
from rest and quiet, I sought
to do some work, but was soon
taken with a pain in my side,
hich IN a little while seemed
to spread over my whole body,
and throbbed in my every limb.
This was followed by a cough
and shortness of breath, until
finally | could not sew, and l
took to my bed for the second,
and, as | thought, for the last
time. My friends told me that
my time had nearly come, and
that / could not live longer
than when the trees put on
their green once more. Then |
happened to get one of the Sci
gel pamphlets. / read it, and
my dear mother bought me a
bottle of SEIGEL's SYRUP,
Shaker Extract of Roots)
which l took exactly according
to directions, and | had not
taken the whole of it before /
felt a change for the better. My
last illness began June Sd,
1882, and continued to August
9Th, when / began to take the
Syrup. Very soon | could do a
little light work. The cough
left me, and | was no more
troubled in breathing. Now I
I'm perfectly cured; and oh,
now happy l am! I cannot
express gratitude enough for
SEIGEL's SYRUP Shaker Ex-
tract of Roots). Now | must
tell you that the doctors in our
district distributed handbills
cautioning the people against
the medicine, telling them it
would do no good, and many
were thereby Influenced to deso
stroy the Seigel pamphlets; but
now, whenever one is to be
found, it is kept like a relic.
The few preserved are Dor
rowed to read, and | have lent
mine for six miles around our
district. People have come
eighteen miles to get me to buy
the medicine for them, know
ing that it cured me, and to be
sure to get the right kind. l
know a woman who was look
ing like death, and who told
them there was no help for her,
that she had consulted several
doctors, but none could help
her. / told her of Seigel's
Syrup, and wrote the name
down for her that she might
make no mistake. She took
my advice and the Syrup, and
now she is in perfect health,
and the people around us are
amazed. The medicine has
made such progress in our
neighborhood that people say
they don't want the doctor any
more, but they take the Syrup.
Sufferers from govt who were
confined to their beds and could
hardly move a finger have been
cured byit. There is a girl in
our district who caught a cold
by going through some water,
and was in bed five years with
costiveness and rheumaticpains,
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The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-06-04
A h,oEous BEAST.
Ths Disguatins Appearance ind PhieSmas"
10 Movemeuts Of the WAlrus.

rhs Dissustlns Appearance and fhlssmat.
10 Movements Of he alrus.
It is q melancholy fact, but none ths
less true, that the walrus is n OF the
most disgusting. docking objects known
to man. It has q raw, naked hide.
without hair or fur, covered with .
multitude Of pustular-looking warts,
bodies and pimples. the skin wrinkled
in deep. Happy folds, and marked BY
dark venou lines, which show clearly
through the yellowish-brown cuticls
which seems to be pecling off with lep.
rosy. altogether a most unwholesome-
looking brute, unpleasantly~ suggesting
the appearance we know IS ''bloated."
They are Of tremendous size, ten
feet and a half to twelve feet long. and
weighing fifteen or sixteen hundred
pounds. In water their motions are not
nearly so quiet or graceful a. those Of
the seal and sea lion, aud on land they
are almost. helpless, for which reason
they rarely come outside the surf-wash.
They 90 about in large herds, which
now and then emerge to sleep. First
one lands and lays itself out, and then
a second comes aad gives its prede-
cessor a shove, whereupon he moves .
little further up; then comes number
three, who pokes up number two. who
prods number one, and 80 on till tho
whole herd has got to land; each brute
pillowed on the body Of the one above
him, all without ~quarreling, but every
movement displaying apathy and
phlegm. Its most extraordinary feat
ure is its hide. which over the shoulders
and down the throat and chest is three
inches thick, and is nowhere less than
half an inch.
1t feeds exclusively on she'll fish and
the dubious roots and tender stalks Of
certain marine plants, which grow
abundantly at the bottom Of the bays
and lsgoons Of the Alaskan coast; and
it is evidently for digging up these that
it uses its tusks, and not. as is re.
ported, for hauling itself upon ice or
rock. Another blow to received opin-
ion is given by Mr.. Elliot's testimony
as to the cowardice Of the brutes.
They will snort or blow to any extent
in the water, but as to attacking a boat,
that is the very last thing that would
enter into their heads. It is unfortu.
nate that no females were to be found
about the islands. The natives say
that the creature is homogeneous; that
the female brings forth = single calf in
June, usually on the ice foes north Of
Behring's straits; that it resembles its
parents in general character when si1
weeks old. but that its tusks do not ap.
pear till the second year. and that the
mother is strongly attached to it and
nurses it late in the season in the sea.
All the Year Round.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-06-04
~TREACHEROUS PETS,
h IN Enemy u the Feline Family Hal
to Say About Kitty.

What an Eneny u the Feline Family Has
to say About Kitty.
1t is impossible to get up any en-
thusiasm over = cat; q mild interest ID
all that car be expected. except, per-
haps, from that class of women to
whom this animal is a sort Of diety,
such as it was to the Egyptians. Cats
are colorless in character as compared
with dogs, they have no deep feeling;
n can hardly imagine them grieving
unto death for the loss Of their owner;
and although they have a confding
way Of rubbing themselves against
people, it always seemed to me as il
there was some underhand motive for
such manifestations. At the
best pnss is but passively
emotional, and when she comes
purring round there is a sense OF
physiological rather than of personal
attachment. ! think the essentially
unimpressible nature Of the animal
was well suggested in old George
Withers' saying: Scare will kill a
cat,' and 1t has sometimes seemed as
If it might be we'll to try the expert.
ment on a large scale. The home feel
ing which appears at first sight to be
a strong point in favor Of the cat,
turns out on examination to be rathet
against her on the score of genuine
emotion. 1t is an attachment to places
rather than to persons, a lonely garrett
whore she has once lived being more
attractive to her than the society Of her
b%enefactors. Even in her especial fold
Of usefulness the cat 10 by no means the
paragon Of skill and efficiency
she Is too often represent
ed; terrier will eclipse
her as . ratter, and she is too easily
spoiled by indulgence to keep up 4
reputation ~ q mouser. In fact, the
cat has become IN esthetic ornament,
the pride Of apothecary stores and the
glory Of drswing-rooms. instead Of
being the protector Of kitchen and Gel.
lar. There arc cats like the Persian,
and . species called the 'Coon," in.
digsnous 70 Maine, which ars very
decorative and seem u enjoy Tho rib.
hons which srs lsvished upon thsm,
and yet there b astsalthy, covert man
nor about them which ID ty no means
attractive. always tel that tho tiger
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-06-04
G SUBSTITUTE.
A Hint That Man May Thrive aud Grow
Fat on Inorganic Extracts.


Allusion has been made to the dis
Covery Of a substance in the coal. tar
made from petroleum, which is called
s%accharinc. because, although not a
sugar, it has far more sweetening
power. That is, a very little Of it will
render palatable coffee, confectionery
and the various edibles whose tooth
someness is due to their swedish taste.
This is a German discovery, and pat
ents have been taken out for its manu.
facture in all nations. 1t Is believed
it may work a revolution, by rendering
unnecessary the cultivation of the
sugar-cane, sorghum, as we'll as the
sugar-beet of the continent. At present
saccharine is verydear, but the original
source Of supply, petroleum and coal
tar. is abundant and inexhaustible; and
there is every reason to believe its pro-
duction by chemical means will be far
cheaper than any Of the sugars now in
use. II accepted as the great sweetener
of all our foods, it will be one step to-
ward the artificial manufacture Of
edibles. Heretofore We have depended
upon plant and animal life to furnish
the organic materials upon which the
~ subsists; but II this artificial
sweet, manufactured chemically,
enables u to dispense with cane and
beet sugar, then will the efforts Of
scientific men be directed to preparing
other foods directly from the materials
ITO be found in the inorganic world
around US. Mankind, In oil ages, has
craved salt, which IL composed Of two
minerals; and II now sweetening can
be got from petroleum and coal.tar, Il
u . hint that man may thrive on other
inorganic extracts. -Demoyesg's LoWtk
~.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-06-04
OUR BOYS AND GIRLS.
A MAP.

Another map, IN please you, stri
For why, we can not understand,
In all your great geography
There 10 NO map Of Fairyland.
Another map, IN please you, sir!
And, sfterward. describe In full
How Tairyland 10 famed for pearls,
And deeces made from golden wool,
And prancing, gold-shod, ilk-white steeds
With brides set with jcwel.eyes;
Tell how the Fairy rivers run,
Aud whore the Fairy mountains sise, s
And Of the Fsiry.folk, their ways
And eustoms-an It please you, sir;
Then, Of the journey there, how long
For any speedy traveller.
Another map "A please you. SRI
And would you kindly not delay;
Sister and I would dearly like
To learn our lesson there, today
-Xary 4. wilkins, h ST. NcAosas.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-06-04

"A great deal Of talk is being made
just now about the ''vestibule train
which is being run by the Pullman Car
Company. The cars arc all united by
canvas hoods 0 coverings Of the plat
forms, 80 making one continuous 4
Old travellers heresbouts remember
that twenty years ago or so the Housa.
tonic road in this State used to have
just such a devicu for the accommoda-
ton Of their summer travel and would
leave open all the doors, keeping the
cars cool and clean.-Harlford Cou.
S0Al.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-06-04

heads in the wind for six sumn.,
now; since then, I have Learned y
lesson Of trust. But every June IA,sl
OF King and my baby. YomK, cn,.
panion. WI
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-06-04

Now, job" said Mrs.. Shuttle.
''those trousers arc altogether too big
for the boy. They'll have to b
changed" mo, they won't. They're
all right. / bought EN- where they
advertise boys clothing to play In
They are just big enough for him to
play in without going out Of doors.
They're 10 roomy. Hartford Post.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-06-04
Az Opportunity Ahsae'

Wlle-John, Tie store neea'
coal, right.sway. .o,r n
Husband--Can't STOP A
reading : VA paper. 49,
Wlfs-Wsl you'n have = ~
tanity 10 writs a., Y you DON
right awAyi-N d-DitA
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-08-05
THE WALL FELL, IN.
Accident at the Ruins of the st. An
thony Elevators.

Accident at the Ruins of the st. An
thony Elevators.
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 3.-This morning
while force of men were at work re-
moving wheat from the ruins of the st.
Anthony elevator, burned July 10, the
heavy wall toppled over, burylng, it is
thought, dozen men. Six bodies have
been taken out as follows: Geo. Brown,
H. B. Anderson, Thomas Dempsey, Ed
ward Marley, John Johnson; one man
not identified. One man taken out was
not killed, but wounded in the back and
scalp. He will recover His name is
Erickson. The men were at work at the
outside of the south wall and had taken
awav the wheat and were carrying it in.
to cars when the wall was pressed out
ward by the large mass OF grain on the
inside, and being without any support
from without, it fell outward. There
was not a sound OF warning and the men
were crushed to death almost before
they knew of their danger. 1t is be-
lieved that there are several still buried
in ruins, besides the seven taken out
A. large force is now removing the de.
bris searching for dead bodies. The
morgue is crowded with weeping wo
men, and anxious men trying to identi
fly bodies. An inquest will be held al
two O'Clock this afternoon.